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Hi,

I'm working on a project with many flags with differente sizes, I first wanted to use Dynamic Material : E:\MyProject\FLAGS\@Txt_Member1@_flag.png

Where Txt_Member1 is the 2 letters of the country ex : JP__flag.png UK_flag.png CH_flag.png and so on Txt_Member1 is Datalinqed to an Excel file.

But because Dynamic Material is only changing the image it doesn't affect the Quad itself so all the flags have the same size.

To make it work I need to apply the flags from the Material Manager and not from a Folder.

Any idea on how to make it Dynamic from the Material Manager, maybe a piece of Sript ?

Regards.

First question have you tried this setting

Second part, yes you can use this script to apply a material 

dim box as xpBaseObject

dim mat as xpMaterial

Scene.GetObjectByName("Quad1", box)

if text = "D" then

engine.GetMaterialByName("blue", mat)

box.SetMaterial(0, mat)

end if

if text = "R" then

engine.GetMaterialByName("red", mat)

box.SetMaterial(0, mat)

end if

if text = "I" then

engine.GetMaterialByName("white", mat)

box.SetMaterial(0, mat)

end if

Hi,

I'm working on a project with many flags with differente sizes, I first wanted to use Dynamic Material : E:\MyProject\FLAGS\@Txt_Member1@_flag.png

Where Txt_Member1 is the 2 letters of the country ex : JP__flag.png UK_flag.png CH_flag.png and so on Txt_Member1 is Datalinqed to an Excel file.

But because Dynamic Material is only changing the image it doesn't affect the Quad itself so all the flags have the same size.

To make it work I need to apply the flags from the Material Manager and not from a Folder.

Any idea on how to make it Dynamic from the Material Manager, maybe a piece of Sript ?

Regards.

Hi,

I'm working on a project with many flags with differente sizes, I first wanted to use Dynamic Material : E:\MyProject\FLAGS\@Txt_Member1@_flag.png

Where Txt_Member1 is the 2 letters of the country ex : JP__flag.png UK_flag.png CH_flag.png and so on Txt_Member1 is Datalinqed to an Excel file.

But because Dynamic Material is only changing the image it doesn't affect the Quad itself so all the flags have the same size.

To make it work I need to apply the flags from the Material Manager and not from a Folder.

Any idea on how to make it Dynamic from the Material Manager, maybe a piece of Sript ?

Regards.

You can also use Visual Logic

Hi,

I'm working on a project with many flags with differente sizes, I first wanted to use Dynamic Material : E:\MyProject\FLAGS\@Txt_Member1@_flag.png

Where Txt_Member1 is the 2 letters of the country ex : JP__flag.png UK_flag.png CH_flag.png and so on Txt_Member1 is Datalinqed to an Excel file.

But because Dynamic Material is only changing the image it doesn't affect the Quad itself so all the flags have the same size.

To make it work I need to apply the flags from the Material Manager and not from a Folder.

Any idea on how to make it Dynamic from the Material Manager, maybe a piece of Sript ?

Regards.

Sometimes coding is not the solution.

I would set a standard image size and batch it in photoshop so that those that don't fit the ration has a transparency in the dead area.

Or, batch all images to have a 1 or 2 transparent pixel edge. Have the quad set to "best fit" and "maintain aspect ratio". In texture coords, Misc. - Mode set to border or clamp.

This way the texturing process does the heavy lifting.

You can also use Visual Logic

Hi,

I'm working on a project with many flags with differente sizes, I first wanted to use Dynamic Material : E:\MyProject\FLAGS\@Txt_Member1@_flag.png

Where Txt_Member1 is the 2 letters of the country ex : JP__flag.png UK_flag.png CH_flag.png and so on Txt_Member1 is Datalinqed to an Excel file.

But because Dynamic Material is only changing the image it doesn't affect the Quad itself so all the flags have the same size.

To make it work I need to apply the flags from the Material Manager and not from a Folder.

Any idea on how to make it Dynamic from the Material Manager, maybe a piece of Sript ?

Regards.

Hi,

I'm working on a project with many flags with differente sizes, I first wanted to use Dynamic Material : E:\MyProject\FLAGS\@Txt_Member1@_flag.png

Where Txt_Member1 is the 2 letters of the country ex : JP__flag.png UK_flag.png CH_flag.png and so on Txt_Member1 is Datalinqed to an Excel file.

But because Dynamic Material is only changing the image it doesn't affect the Quad itself so all the flags have the same size.

To make it work I need to apply the flags from the Material Manager and not from a Folder.

Any idea on how to make it Dynamic from the Material Manager, maybe a piece of Sript ?

Regards.